Police work in some brutal neighborhoods, but if people would just behave — bingo!
Be good, obey the law and give the police no reason to act.
As a black Tea Party grandmother, I watched my country groan from eight years of Barack Obama and every one of those days embarrassed me.
This embarrassment should be over and done, but I get the feeling that the socialist media and the Progressive Establishment want a Divided States of America. After all, liberals are not allowed to think for themselves.
Now why exactly are grown, well-paid men taking a knee on the football field? To protect workplace injuries? Because they are sleepy? They are being used just like the campus brats who but think dishonoring America will win them points with the public. Some of us are lucky and avoid groupthink and fake news, but what do we do about the people who have been taught fake history?
What does taking a knee mean to me? Football quarterbacks take a knee to signal the game is over. Passionate people take a knee to propose marriage and give rings. Heros take a knee to be knighted by the queen. People fall to their knees when they are beaten and some fall to their knees in order to speak plainly to God. Why is it free speech to disrespect America’s traditions but outrageous to pray publicly? Free speech, right?
They want to protest supposed police brutality when they should protest against real violence: The violence of black on black crime, the violence of aborted black babies or the violence of giving birth to an addicted black child — not to mention the violence of spirit left-over in the home of a single black parent.
Kneeling in protest may be non-violent but it is done in ignorance. Our flag and anthem give them the right to be free and ignorant, but they must be free to accept being seen as ignorant. That is our freedom and maybe — just maybe — they will understand they are only pawns of the Liberal Left, learn to think for themselves and remember which great country they live in.
Mary A. Knopp
Onalaska
Letters Policy
• Limit letters to the editor to 500 words or less.
• Include the town where you live and a daytime telephone number.
• The Chronicle does not publish letters that advocate boycotts of local businesses.
• Emailed letters are preferred. Send to letters@chronline.com
• Letters may be mailed to Letters, The Chronicle, 321 N. Pearl St., Centralia, WA. 98531 or dropped off at The Chronicle’s front desk.
